After victory at UFC Las Vegas 8, Aleksandar Rakic ​​calls for light heavyweight title fight

Rakic ​​wants a title shot. Photo: Reproduction / Instagram @ufc_europe

The main fight of UFC Las Vegas 8, event held this Saturday (29), between Aleksandar rakic e Anthony Smith It may not have been exciting, but it was important for the light heavyweight (93kg). Without Jon Jones, who gave up the belt when moving up to heavyweight (120kg), the top guys in the category are fighting to take their place and Rakic ​​took the first step. At the press conference, the Austrian believes that a good victory could lead him to fight for the belt, he chose who would be the most difficult opponent he would have to deal with and preached respect to the other athletes.

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“I fought well and I think I deserve to fight for the belt, but if the UFC wants to see me in a five-round fight, we can do that. I was prepared for three rounds, but I could fight two more without any problem. I was ready for it. Can you imagine what I would do preparing for 25 minutes? It's fantastic! Reyes would be the toughest opponent for me. He performed very well against Jones. He will fight for the belt against Blachowicz and both deserve it, because they did a good job in the Octagon. He will be the toughest test, but 'Muppet', Glover and Blachowicz are very good athletes and are at the top for a reason. The small details make the difference, we are at the highest level”, said Rakic.

The Austrian also analyzed the victory over Smith and revealed that he knew that low kicks would make the difference in the duel.

“I did well. I needed to impress, but I didn't want to rush things. The knockout or submission would happen naturally. I said I would be one Aleksandar rakic different. My goal was to fight well and that's what happened. I knew that Smith is tough, that he can handle punishment, so I didn't want to waste energy. I watched his fights and he doesn't defend low kicks. There, it was the beginning of the end for him. I hit him with everything. I had already seen this against Oezdemir. He said Oezdemir hits hard, but I think my strikes are stronger. The strategy was to kick, tire him and choose which area the fight would take place in. Smith has good jiu-jitsu, but I trained a lot of grappling, put pressure on him and tired him out. I saw that he was having difficulty breathing in the three rounds,” he concluded.

Before the fight, Aleksandar rakic was in tenth position in the light heavyweight ranking and Anthony Smith on Thursday. In the next update, the Austrian must “steal” the position from his victim, getting very close to a possible title fight.

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